Led Bib, the young British quintet formed by the ferociously dynamic expat American drummer Mark Holub, aren't exactly tailor-made for the recording studio. Their raw collisions of free jazz, avant funk, brooding sax and sheer noise make for compelling live chemistry, but the effect hasn't been easy to replicate on their albums. Sensible Shoes gets closest. Best listened to with the volume up and the neighbours warned, this set begins with a typically ominous quiet riff that builds to a blasting horn chorus, air-raid sirens and Godzilla drumming. Pianist Toby McLaren generates a seething Bitches Brew background effect on the staccato Squirrel Carnage; an Ellingtonesque reverie alternates with percussion hammering on Early Morning; and the free-sax thrash on Call Centre Labyrinth shares space with the album's most infectious hook. Some of the sax improv occasions a bit of tuning out, but this infectiously witty group mostly sounds like a gale of fresh air.